The Silver Branch

A young Roman army medical officer, sent to Britain during the period of waning Roman rule, befriends a kinsman with whom he shares an adventure of intrigue, exile, and underground activity with the Lost Ninth Legion.

First sentence: On a blustery autumn day a galley was nosing up the wide loop of a British river that widened into the harbour of Rutupiae.

Year

1998

Language

English

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Editions

15

Pages

192

ISBN

9780192757449

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